Jacksonville, FL — Theresa McAvoy was used to doing her laundry at her apartment complex’s laundromat. But when she went to the bank this week to get quarters, she got shortchanged.
“I told her I need quarters for my laundry and she said I can give you one roll,” said McAvoy.
That puts McAvoy is a risky position. She says she has three medical conditions that make her susceptible to Covid-19. Now she has to go to public laundromats where there are change machines.
“It just forces people that are in the vulnerable group to go out even more in the public at a time that we’re trying to limit exposure,” she said.
The Federal Reserve says the shortage is happening because of nationwide shutdown order. When bars, restaurants and other businesses were forced to close, that broke up the normal flow of bills and coins.
And while banks are running low on coins, McAvoy says she’s running low on patience.
She said, “I was going to talk to my manager to see if they can recycle the coins that are coming in.”
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